Planning and Material Control

• Production Planning & Scheduling
• Prepare and manage daily, weekly and monthly production plans based on confirmed customer orders and delivery commitments.
• Translate customer orders and production requirements into detailed machine/line-wise or process-wise production schedules.
• Plan production according to available machine capacity, manpower, working hours, efficiency, changeover time and process constraints.
• Monitor actual production against plan and immediately identify deviations.
• Re-plan production when there are changes in order priority, material availability, machine breakdowns or capacity constraints.
• Maintain optimum production loading while minimizing idle capacity and unnecessary overtime.
• Capacity Planning
• Develop and maintain an accurate capacity plan for major machines, processes and production sections.
• Identify bottleneck machines/processes and recommend corrective actions.
• Compare confirmed order loading against available capacity and highlight future capacity shortages.
• Support management in decisions regarding overtime, additional shifts, subcontracting, machine acquisition or capacity expansion.
• Conduct order-wise and process-wise capacity analysis before committing delivery dates.
• Material / MRP Planning
• Coordinate with Merchandising, Procurement and Warehouse to ensure timely availability of raw materials and components.
• Prepare material requirements based on BOM, order quantity, production plan and lead time.
• Monitor RM availability against production requirements.
• Identify material shortages that may affect production or shipment and escalate them proactively.
• Coordinate with Procurement to prioritize urgent materials.
• Ensure that production plans are aligned with actual material availability rather than theoretical requirements.
• Order & Delivery Control
• Maintain a complete order-wise planning and delivery tracking system.
• Monitor customer orders from confirmation through production and final delivery.
• Track:
• Order quantity
• Production quantity
• WIP
• Balance quantity
• Material status
• Production status
• Quality status
• Delivery date
• Shipment/dispatch status
• Identify orders at risk of delay and prepare recovery plans.
• Ensure that management receives early warning of potential delivery failures.
• Production Performance Monitoring
• Compare planned vs. actual production on a daily basis.
• Analyse production variances and determine root causes.
• Monitor productivity, efficiency, rejection/rework and downtime where applicable.
• Coordinate with Production and IE teams to improve productivity and capacity utilization.
• Establish realistic production targets based on historical performance and current operating conditions.
• Cross-Functional Coordination

Work Closely With

• Merchandising
• Production
• Procurement
• Commercial
• Warehouse
• Quality Assurance
• Industrial Engineering
• Finance, where required
• Senior Management

The Planning function should act as the central coordination point between customer commitments and factory execution.

• Management Reporting